William Netherland

A wheelwright's son, in 1860 he was a 24 year old living with his parents and siblings at McBean in Richmond County, GA. He enlisted on 1 November 1861 as a Private in Company D of the 7th Georgia State Troops and mustered out on 1 May 1862. He enlisted again, in the Richmond Factory section of Augusta, GA on 12 May 1862, and mustered as a Private in Company I, 48th Georgia Infantry.

He was listed as missing in action, but had been wounded in the arm and chest at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #5 in Richmond, VA on 27 September but returned to duty the next day. He was sent home on wounded furlough (cause?) on 17 July 1863, and was there to at least the end of the year. He was in a Richmond, VA hospital in June 1864 with an abscess on his right arm. He was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

By 1870 he was a blacksmith, still living with his parents in McBean, GA.

His service from Henderson1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3. He is also on a Sharpsburg casualty list in the Richmond (VA) Enquirer of 17 October 1862. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860 & 1870.

His brother James (c. 1841-) was also in Company I of the 48th Georgia Infantry, but was absent sick and not at Sharpsburg. He was also at Appomattox.

c. 1836; Richmond County, GA